Soccer player of the future wrestles with the present

Seattle forward is tired of being asked if he’s his country’s next big thing

BY SAM BORDENSPORTS

The eye rolling was epic.
Wrinkled brows. Sighs. Big, sweeping head tilts followed by ocular lolls that defied basic biology. Brian Schmetzer, coach of the Seattle Sounders of M.L.S., puffed out his eyes so much he resembled an emoji. Garth Lagerwey,...